Reading Time: 3 minutes With the weather cooling down and the fall season moving in, now is the perfect time to find a new way to stay energized and warm. As with most things, Ayurveda has an answer for this: self-massage, or abhyanga. An essential part of your daily Ayurvedic routine, abhyanga can restore both your physical body and emotional wellbeing. The benefits of …
Reap the Benefits of Ashwagandha in Your Daily Life
Reading Time: 3 minutes When it comes to wellness, one of the best indicators that something is truly good for you is when modern science endorses a practice or substance that’s been used in ancient medicine for generations. This is certainly the case for ashwagandha, and the benefits of ashwagandha have long been touted by both eastern healers and western doctors. Essentially, ashwagandha is …
Health Benefits Of Dry Brushing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our skin is the body’s largest organ. It’s also the part of the body most people want to maintain healthy and rid of toxins. Dry brushing is a form of lymphatic massage throughout the body that brings upon a ton of health benefits and can help improve your overall health. What is dry brushing? Dry brushing the skin in a …
Ayurvedic Wisdom for Better Sex: Awakening Intimacy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sexuality is a deep aspect within all of us. And the question of what a “healthy sex life” looks like is more widely explored and questioned every day. My curiosity led me to explore awakening intimacy: Ayurvedic Wisdom for Better Sex. Sex is our creative life force in action, our sacred expression, and one of our deepest, most primal needs. …
Forest Bathing Improves Our Overall Performance & Immune System
Reading Time: 6 minutes To begin with I just want to make sure we are on the same page. In case you have never heard of forest bathing, it has nothing to do with a literal bath that includes water. Forest bathing, originally called “Shinrin Yoku” which translate to forest bathing in Japanese. Forest bathing can be described as a mindful walk through a …
Hot Water and the Importance of Drinking it
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever wondered why it is so common to drink hot water in the Ayurveda lifestyle? Why hot water is almost always preferred over any other kind of water. Hot water plays an important role in your body’s health and can benefit you in ways that you weren’t even aware of. It can help to treat common ailments from …
How to Cure Headaches with Ayurveda
Reading Time: 3 minutes We’ve all experienced the discomfort and irritation that comes with a splitting headache. Whether you’re a frequent sufferer of migraines, or you just get the occasional headache, once it’s begun it’s impossible to focus on anything but finding relief. This conundrum is also recognized in traditional Ayurvedic practices, and luckily there is no shortage of ways to cure headaches with …
Combating Stress with Restorative Yoga
Reading Time: 5 minutes One breath at a time. One step at a time. That is all we need. All we have is this right now. And all is going to be okay. The focus of restorative Yoga is not on stretching or strengthening, but solely in releasing and relaxing! Do you feel addicted to being busy? Are you craving some down-time? Maybe you’re …
Ayurveda During Pregnancy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pregnancy is a miraculous time in a woman’s life. Not only is she growing a whole new person, she’s also learning more about herself as she goes through the changes associated with this period. Luckily, Ayurvedic wisdom stemming back over 5,000 years has given us some helpful tips for how to use Ayurveda during pregnancy to ease the stress on …
How the Elements Combine to Form Pitta and Tips for Staying Balanced
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pitta | Fire & Water Imagine summer. Warm, humid days full of sunlight, birdsong, verdant hills and forests, ripe berries, and cool breezes. Summer is Pitta in action – the season of Pitta in its ultimate expression. Intuitively, as Pitta is all about activity, action, metabolism, it makes sense – fruits and vegetables are growing, ripe for harvest, the long …